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Prosecutors, Perjurers, and Other Non-Persons — Part 2 | Season 2, Ep. 10
Prosecutors, Perjurers, and Other Non-Persons — Part 2 | Season 2, Ep. 10
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Length:
46 minutes
Released:
Nov 10, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
In 1983, in the case of Briscoe v. LaHue, the Supreme Court ruled that government employees who commit perjury at trial are absolutely immune from civil liability. On Part 2 of Episode 10, we dig into the Court’s reasoning and the backstory behind Briscoe. We also discuss a special category of officials whom the Supreme Court has said are not entitled to absolute immunity, but to whom lower courts have granted immunity anyway.
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Released:
Nov 10, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (29)
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